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Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-07-28
An Earthly tsara,iiae,


The lsaapsassst t3seqfapAsases co.'s
tains report hs lar iaakee ON the
district Of the lucille. The lucille II
tributary Of the Us,ngo. and rises IA
the mountains near the Albert lake
Dr. Junkeg has explored q great pol-
tiea af its course, hitherto AnknaWn'
The Iaetle IL nayigable for some dir
taaee, and therefore affords 4 new
waterway toward the district Of the
Upper Nile. The country threagh
which ii flows il very fertile, The rtsr
vines and valleys are filled with splet's
did bananas and oil palms The Whale
aistsiet gives the imnressloa OF "a
earthly paradise, The population 10
very thick, Village after village. sr
rather groups Of houses, surrounded
with plantations. form chain aleag
the course Of the river, Some rarH,
are 50 popaleus that sao lnhahltaass
may he reekaned to the square mile.
The principal tribes i'll the basin Ut
the Upper lneile are the Ntam-Ntanis
and the Momhoattens, They are eaia-
nihals. and in figure, color, and GUS
toms differ little from the people OF the
Upper Congo. The Niam-Niams are
fond Of wearing chains made OF the
teeth of their Victims, and the skulls
| of those whom they have eaten be-
long to their trophies, In war time
they eat those they have killed. Any
individual. solitary and without reia-
tions, who dies Is eaten where he
dies. Cannihalism Ii most prevalent
among the tribes that live nearest the
Congo. The people SO almost naked.
The women wear merely an apron OF
leather or banana leaves, They all
paint their bodies with black designs
and carefully dress their hair The
women take charge of the household.
| cultivating the ground. gathering In
the harvest, drying tho grain and
manufacturing the utensils and bas-
| Network. The men, unless hunting or
fighting, lie idly stretched on benches
under the palm trees. smoking in the
| shade.
| At midday they SO into the grea,
halls, where they keep up lively con-
versation. Polygamy is the fashion,
and the marriage tie is little regarded.
The chiefs have one hundred wives. As
everywhere in places ON the tributaries
of the Upper Congo little visited by
Europeans, ivory is surprisingly abun.
dant. On the shores and large in,
habited islands of the Inelle there are
immense stores of ivory. Emin Eey
had collected at Wadeiai stores of ivory
from all the provinces, the value o.
which will more than cover the ex
pense of the expeditions sent out tt
his rescue. DR.. Junker's exploration.
are of great value to science.
! Now that it is known that the great
river Inelle is connected with tn,
Congo by the Obanji long and splen
did waterway is opened up between
Leopeldville, ON the Stanley pool, ant
a point very near the Nile. A railwa,
only $50 kilometers long by the side O
| the falls of the Lower Congo woult
unite the west coast and the centra
districts of Africa, and goods from
Banana and Bona could be carried tt
the Upper Inelle in the course of fiv,
or six weeks, while steamers ladel
with ivory, gums, palm oil, ETC., coult
pe returned.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-07-28
Food In the Spring.

In the springtime of the year there
Is great occasion for care in the mat
ter of food. The kind that has salts
fed and supported the body during
the winter has served its purpose and
is no longer fit for use. In cold
weather the human system can as
simulate materials that would clog and
derange it in the spring. There is no
need for drugs to make people feel
well when the things which have re-
mained dormant in the ground began
to give signs of life. A iudicious
change of diet is required; that is all.
It is better to take the materials for
health from the grocer than from the
druggist. Begin the morning meal
with an extra allowance of fruit.
Take two sound oranges or apples If
you have been eating only one, or
three if you have been eating only
two. Be sure there is no decay in the
fruit employed in this manner. Eat
good bread and butter. If you are a
coffee or tea drinker, moderate the
usual allowance. If you are q hot
water drinker take as much as you
like. If You are flesh-eater, take
half as much as you do in winter.
Pork is unfit for human food at any
season. Eat less butter and grease Of
all kinds in the spring. If potatoes
are sound and mealy they are not OBJ
jectionable; cheesy potatoes are unfit
for human consumption. There is the
utmost need for the exercise of eau
ton in the use of vegetables OF every
kind. Unless they have been well
preserved and have wholesome fla
vor, the part of wisdom is to avoid
them. Raw cabbage that has been
spoiled by freezing is often served in
oyster houses of certain class. The
odor is disagreeable and readily marks
it. In spring it Ia important that the
heaviest meal should be eaten in the
middle of the day. The warm rains
produce an atmospheric condition
which causes drowsiness. Eating .
hearty meal in the midst OF the pres
sure adds to the weight upon the sys-
tenn. In daylight the demands of bus
mess or duty will enable you to cope
with 1t. In the evening there is no
such stimulus, and the result is injury
to health. The evening meal should
be light aud easily digested. Don't
eat buekwheat cakes or doughnuts.
Ii you are o meat-eater be sure that
the meat has been broiled or roasted.
Don't eat fried food Of any kind. T1 il
not desirable TO feel that you hare
eaten enough. Moderation Ii the best
doctor.--Hsrald Of HedlA
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-07-28
Dragons Bones.

In the folklore OF many of the tribes
that live along the borders of Northern
and Eastern Asia are found tales quite
rs marvellous and wonderful as those
handed down to the boys and girls OF
the warmer and more civilized coun-
tries of the South, in which fairies,
heroic giants, and gods are the prin-
eipal figures-the offspring of vivid
tropical imaginations. But in the tales
related to the children of the far-away
ice country, the main characters are
gigantic animals and monsters OF
strange appearance; and as the north
ern story-tellers are not noted for their
Imaginative powers, we are led to look
for some solid foundation of fact upon
which the originators of the myths
must have built their wondrous tales.
The Chinese legends abound in drag
ons and unicorns; and in Canton, to-
day may be purchased dragons bones
and teeth,n which form part of the reg
ular stock of the native druggists.
In the .'Chinese Repository is a
quotation from Lii She Chan, the author
of Chinese medical book. He says,
.
ssThe bones are found on banks OF
rivers and in caves of the earth, places
where the dragon died, and can be col.
lected at any time"
In the far north, dragons bones"
were very common, but they were
usually considered there to have be-
longed to gigantic birds. To prove
their belief, the natives showed the
claws, three or four feet long, of these
monsters, which, if they had ever ex-
isted, must have far exceeded in size
the roc of the "Arabian Nights"
Quaint tales of these were told on WIN
ter evenings, perhaps, to native boys
and girls; and little reason had the
children to doubt them, for the clawa
were SO plentiful that their fathers
used them, as the Chukches of Eastern
Siberia do strips of whalebone, to make
their bows, which they use for hunting,
more elastic.
Finally, an English naturalist, while
studying Chinese folklore, made the
discovery that the dragons bones and
teeth" were no more nor less than the
remains of great extinct rhinoceros.
Soon after a scientist travelling in
Northern Siberia heard the natives
talking about the gigantic birds I have
just mentioned, and being shown a
.'elaws,' he saw that it, too, was in
reality horn OF a monster rhinoeeros
that in past ages had lived in that
far-off land of ice.-Charles Frederick
Holder in st. Nicholas.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-07-28
Washington Society.

s'Change in the tone of Washington
society," said Mrs. Speaker Carlisle,
as she sat in the parIor of the Giisey
House. II do not think there has
been much change during the ter
years have lived there. The person.
mel of society changes more or less
every four years, and slightly every
two years. And, of course, the in
coming of Democratic Administra'
ton made decided difference among
the people who are in the front.
Another respect in which the per.
sonnel of Washington society is chang.
ing is that so many society people
from other cities go there now to spend
the winter. This element has grown
quite large, and is increasing. But
they simply fall in with the ordinary
society life of the city, and do not at
tempt to change its general char
acter.''
..People who have never lived in
Washington generally think there is
less in its society life than in that o,
any other city in the country
s.And my opinion is that they are
about right" Mrs. Carlisle laughed
pleasantly. s.But society is SO large
and social duties are so many that
there isn't time for much else. The
return of calls alone is large tax
upon ones time Last year, for in
stance, I made 1900 visits"
s.Isn't it very wearing?'
mo. All that is necessary is to re-
member the reception days of differ
ent ladies. look in, and say, How do
you do9' and Good by! That is all
that is expected"
s.Do you think t at this increase of
the social circle of which you speak
will cause its breaking up into differ
ent sets?''
"Yes, I think it will. The lines
have always been drawn pretty closely
between the citizens and the officials.
The citizens are the representatives OF
the old Southern families, and they
mingle but very little in official So
eiety. Occasionally family of the
citizens selects two or three families
from the official set. visits them, and
receives them into the citizens circle.
But generally, the lines are kept
close"
..And each set thinks itself little
better than the other?''
..No, I hardly think SO. On the
contrary, the officials think it quite a
compliment, as they may well, when
they are received by the citizens. But
official society is getting so large and
unwieldy that think it will undoubt-
edly be broken up into sets before
long. The Cabinet ladies have hereto
fore made visits, but now they make
none except with the Senators, Su-
preme court Judges, and diplomats;
and think it probable that other
members of official life will, before
long, take up the same rule. and per-
haps the rule will have to be made
even stricter than this, so that the
only social duties of those who come
under its operation will be to receive
They cannot be required to make visits
much longer. ."--FHiladelphta Press.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-07-28
THE LEDGER
THURSDAY, JULY as. 1887
,sitclaen Walls.

There is common notion that h
kitchen must be wainscoted for at least
three or four feet in height around the
walls, and il we wish to be particularly
correct, we must have dado OF
Dutch tiles and q paneled ceiling.
There is no objection to tiles on the
score of CLEANLINESS. but n plastered
wall is, on may accounts preferable to n
wainscot of wood. If the morter is
made of the best materials, put on as
plastering ought to be and thoroughly
painted, it will be less absorbent, more
impervious to vermin, and more easily
kept clean than any form of wooden
wainscot. 1t is only necessary to put
ones nose within the door of a tall
clock that has stood for q few genera
tions in an old style kitchen, to appreci-
ate the absorbent quality of wood: the
outside of the case may be filled and
finished, gilded and decorated. bur the
musty odors of antiquity will forever
haunt the dark cavity in which the
big and little weights chase each other
up and down, even as the scent OF the
roses elings to broken vase. A newly
finished wainscot of wood is sweet and
clean, but wait till the small cracks
begin to show and smart rap on its sur
face liberates a small cloud of accumu-
lated dust. Doubtless the wood will bear
smart raps, thrusts of the mop handle,
sharp corners of the furniture and other
attacks better than the plastering, but
with band of wood or tiles at the
level of the tops of the tables and the
chair backs, there is no more rational
excuse for breaking the plastering on
the kitchen walls than in any other con-
stantly occupied room. The weakness
of plastering is usually in the backing.
It should have brick wall behind it;
in wooden house, brick filling be-
tween the studs, that is. where it is es-
pecialy exposed to injury, and for
extraordinary thoroughness and durabil-
ity, Portland cement may be used in
stead of common lime mortar. This
with age becomes like a continuous
sheet of slate or marble
Whitewash and the various kalso-
mines are delusion and q snare as
regards cleanliness they cover up one
set of impurities and furnish soil for
the g.owth of another. The plastered
walls and ceiling of kitchen should be
painted with at least two coz IS of hon.
est oil and lead paint, before they have
had time to find out that they are
kitchen walls. They then can be
washed with hot soap-suds dozen
times q year if need be-. C. Gardner,
in Good Housekeeping.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-07-28

no IL LuclSis
Wichita eagle., 1887-03-30
Attention..


95 it cor Bird & Nosley, pr Sil,5Di S4,0li
GA h, bal on tipe.
l5Ufs cor End & Mosley, pr $4,000; SO, 0Ot
cash bal on time.
ITO it on Topeka of 3rd rents for s2l
per month. e,.s@!n. cash, bal on 5 yrs time
this is business IL You mean ~
loft by 155 on the boulevard ID hlVer
side ad, pr $1,000.
100 it eli on Litchield ave Riverside add,
pr s., 800.
100 it Faulkner &, Andrews Riverside
add, pr $4,000
IS it on Gilman ave Riverside add pr
$4,000
6lots in Garfield add for $3.50.
Fine buiiains site on Waco Il of 9th foI
1850
:, lots in Logan add on Strong ave 1900
1-3 cash bal yr.
Get lots on Ohio, Washington ave add
$500, l-2 cash.
100 # cor II & Mosley pr 1890.
Groom houses lew, in Mossman's add pr
81 900, $500 down.
7-room house, Wichita ave, bet 10th g.
11th, price 81, 500, 81 800 cash.
S-room house, Wabash, between list &
End, with 50 # f, stable. good cellar, well
finished, pr $1,000, 5000 cash,
$1,000 inside property, low priced, to
trade for farm.
Broom house in Strongs add. good barn,
IS tt f. 81 0,. ROBERTSON BROS,
114-3t 2e2 N. Main, Room IL. upstairs
Wichita eagle., 1887-03-30
Look at these Raroaius

Five lots on Pattle avenue, south one and
one-half blocks from Douglas. 5000; one
third cash, one third in 80 days, one-th!rd in
months Well located, high ground. They
are a bargain.
One acre on Glase avenue between 14th
and 18th streets, 81, 500; good terms
1hree lots, corner, in Strong's aid. Two
story house. 5 rooms. Price 5000. Good
terms. Well located
Lots 90, %, o. sc. corner of Fannie aud
Francis streets, 81, 800. Cash 81 200, balance
good time
l00xl40 and three houses, rents for $50 Ter
month, on south Emporia; good terms. This
Is inside property and a bargain
Two lots. SwitZer'S subdivision on Harry
street, between Pattie and Lulu avenues
Price 1890 each; easy terms
One acre on Gilbert and Lulu, good house
OF rooms Price $500; cash 5000, bal
| ance on time.
Two lots Cam pbell's add, $3.50 each: $50
cash, $500 in 10 days, balance in months.
McCormick's add, on Ellis aud Grand, cor
ner lots. Price 500 each
House of rooms and +5 foot lot on Water
| street. near Oak, $500; LIZ cash, balance in
q months
Lots in Rosenthal's add $500 each.
Simpsons add. West Wichita, p lots in
block 5, price 5000, . cash. balance TO suit
purchaser.
Tarlton's End add. ON Minnie and Tarlton
| SITS. Is lots, price $3.50 each, good terms
| On Waco ave between First and Second
SITS. 50x43o, price 800, very good terms.
| Choice farms near the city. east and west.
Two lots and good house South Water 81.
near Douglas, price 1900, 1-2 cash, balance
SIX months
Two lots in Woolmans addition, price ST..
800. good terms
Corner Pine and 4th avenue S5xl41, with
good house, price 81. 600, terms to suit.
One acre in Wabash add, near Slower st
price 81 600, cash g., 900, balance time
Good Sroom house on Washington ave
inside property, lots, price 81, 800, cash 81,
zoo, D months 81 900. balance one year; thu
is good property.
Parties having city property to exchaug,
for choice farms, are requested to call a
once. as We have some splendid bargains
Don't forget the place, lS;5 y. Main, Wake
& Fielder, front Office ll4-tf
Wichita eagle., 1887-03-30
DAVIDSON STEEL,
l02-1m 222 N Main, room z.
published March 80, 1917
nr<dSnonn No Ala

published March 80, 1877
Ordinance No. Alb.
An ordinance granting to the Chicago, Kan
sss and Nebraska Railway Company, The
right Of way across certain streets and
avenues and alleys, in the city Of Wichita
Kansas.
Be II ordained BY the mayer and council.
men Of the city of Wichita. Kansas.
SECTION l. That the right be and is here
by grained, 10 the Chicago, Kansas and
\, brasks Rs lway Company, To construct
m.,atain and operate such tracks As IT may
deem necessary across all streets, avenues
snd slley., in the city of Wiehita, ipler.
sected by the surveyed line OF said railway
company, as shown by The n,sp and profile
now on file in the Office Of The clerk D
Sedgwick county. Kansas, between the poin'
| where raid company. surveyed ilne enter
| The north limit of said city, srd the poin
~here sad surveyed hne enters Mead ave
| nue., in the north par, of sad city.
SEC. > Tits ordinance sssll take sfec
| ard BE- in force, from the time If It's publ
| csiion il the Wichita Daily EAGLE.
PISSED and approved this - day vi March
1887.
Approved March %, 1887.
| AltssS Is. w. ALDRICu. Mayor.
l FRED ScHArrSEE, City Clerk. liz;
Wichita eagle., 1887-03-30
a Very Rare Bargain,

100 feet Oh N. Lawrence ave, ne corner OF
18th ST., offered at great sacrifice. The
owner having immediate use for money Of
fers the above very choice gilt edge property
(for very limited time only at the low
price $500. Being prominently located
corner property on the leading avenue for
fiue residences, this needs no further descrip-
ton. Actually worth today $500. Broom
house, outbuiidings and good water. Terms
81, 800 cash. balance s., 800 year per cent.
This is open to all real estate agents; full
to the first one reporting sale to
c. II. Parent, room 9 up stairs 253 n.
Main St 1927
Wichita eagle., 1887-03-30
Extraordinary Induce ments offered In the Fl
Scott Addition to Parties Desiring
to Build Houses.

There will soon be a great demand for
homes in the northern part of the city for en-
ployes and other persons connected with the
stock yards The Fit Scott addition is locat-
ed near the intersection OF the Rock Island,
Midland and Fl Scott railroads. Persons
living in this addition can reach the center
of the city by few rsinutes ride on the local
trains soon to be put on one or more of these
roads.
Several houses now starting and others in
immediate prospect. Build where You will
have neighbors. Build where you can reach
| thu business center i'll the quickest time.
Great reduction in price and easy terms to
| those intending to build
Call at the headquarters Of the Fl. Scott
| addition. Office of Taylor, Hall & Co, 21l n.
Main st and ask for particulars. d11l-7t
Wichita eagle., 1887-03-30
The Following is a List Of my Prop
erty which | desire to sell.

AIRY Real Estate Agent finding buyer will b
awarded the usual Commis sion.
Lots 20 to Il In Smith 4 stover's addition.
$40 per It
Lois ~ and 81. Soively, Miller & Works
add $50 $40 ,ug. srh, 81. bal cash
Lots IS and 81, Snivey, Miller Works
add, Ss o, 9.l5 cash, sie5 April 9Th, 81. pa
Aug sth. 'es.
I.o,s SO to 1875, Rossnthal's add. 81. go, s39(
n g. IL and ~ mos. bal cAsh
The above prtoes will govern until changed
in this ad se, ti-emsnt. When sAie is made to
conform with above prices deed will De fur
nisaed and the agent rep rting sale first viii b
the one to receive the commission.
Wichita eagle., 1887-03-30

The completion OF the bridge across the
Arkansas river Ut Howard street will max.
direct route from Princess add. 10 the
heart or the city and bring il within on
fourth mile of lots that are selling ~ S5st
to 81 900 each Now is the time to buy.
Allen Graham & Jones dtfi-Gt
Wichita eagle., 1887-03-30

Mr. Benson Bennett, OF Jacksonville,
Clark county, Ind, is in the city. and has
with him a sample Of his invention in the
form of a new and improved shaft buckle for
harness, which enables horses to be hitched
and unhitchcd from vehicles in five seconds
1t is based on economical principles, doing
away with the single tree and traces The con-
trivance is very SIMPLE and can be seen at
Office of NJ. w. Utz & CO., Ala Z Douglas
ave. The inventor wishes to sell or trade
for Wichita property, the right to sell the
buckle in state of Kansas ia 3t*
Wichita eagle., 1887-03-30
Drug Store For Sale.

Owing to the death OF my wife, I offer for
sale my entire stock OF drugs, also my resi-
dence. This is a rare chance, for It's the
only drug store in town and best trade in
county outside of Wichita Come early and
secure good thing. for mean t. SELL Ad-
dress John Kiefner Jr., Garden Plain, Kan
I146t*
Wichita eagle., 1887-03-30
d1146t
Now is the Time

70 buy lots in Princess add before prices are
advanced. Only one mile and a half from
corner of Douglas ave ana NAM 81. All
Streets being graded and trees SCI ou' alon5
a~anua. Work has commenced on mum
her of houses 10 this addition and over iiffy
vii, he commenced in the neighborhood
v,,tbin 20 DAYS 5000 and $3.50 per lot.
1146t ALLEN, GRAHAM & JONES,
Ala Douglas.
Wichita eagle., 1887-03-30

Free Fare Over the IT. :. r. h. IL. 70 fea-
body Kansas.
zThe Peabody Investment Company wi
Commence the sale of lots in Highland adn
ton on Saturday, April 2, 1887.
All who purchase on that day will not only
get their fare refunded over the A., 1. q .
F. r. R. but will get an additional specia
| discount of per cent. besides Inc regula,
dIsco1nt of 5 per cent. for ali cash Terms
are very easy, only one-fourth cash. balanc'
on e; l5. and is months time at ID per cent
The prices are put low, and will more thai
double on completion of the R. l r K tract
through the city. Come and attend the SAL
[ aud see the town.
/ Persons whose means will Eot permit Ineil
to invest in Wichita will receive as gooo re
turns relatively in Peabody.
i144t PEABODY INVESTMENT Co.
Wichita eagle., 1887-03-30
A Bargain

lots on corner of Frisco and Cleveland
avenue. Tilfori's Ind add, S2coa, STE on
time: also lot 81, Fietcher'> add. SS,5ao, sl25
on time. Real estate men tsk- uotics.
W. J. NEWTON.
1l4-at-s Anthony, kans.
Wichita eagle., 1887-03-30

And 3 lots, within block OF street car line,
renting for s45 per month, 100 today.
MORRIS, CHATFIELD & MEEKER,
Real estate brokers, 3i4 East Douglas ave.
------.-- Il4-2fk
Wichita eagle., 1887-03-30

Simon Greenspau, a loan broker of Topeka
| was down to look at the metropolis yesoer
day. He was most favorab!y impressed win
the growth of the city and the enterprise
i ebo,r, hy the citizens
Wichita eagle., 1887-03-30

For Sale: East Douglas avenue business
site at price much under the market.
This choice property, 3Sxl50 feet, is located
three blocks east of Rock Island passenger
depot, fronting south, opposite Globe Iron
works.
Terms are liberal and property must be
sold Here is chance to double the amount
invested in 50 days
MCCALLA s. MOFFIT.
1l26t ia North Main
Wichita eagle., 1887-03-30

Locate midway between the Garfield and
John Bright Universities Houses are spring
lug up all around this addition and an in
vestnent at present prices is sure to bring
large and quick profits. $4,000 worth of
lots sold already. Call quick and make q Sc
lection before all the best are sold.
ALLEN, GRAHAM Il JONES,
dll+6t 4l4 E. Douglas.
Wichita eagle., 1887-03-30
For Sie.

Some good business lots for sale on E Doug
las ave, aud some choice residence lots on
Cleveland ave, Must be sold tins week H.
uuire li3 Cleveland ave. HIST
Wichita eagle., 1887-03-30

Notice is hereby given that withdraw all
my property now on the books Of real estate
agents for sale. F. WILKIE
1tA
Wichita eagle., 1887-03-30

10 lots Muluix & Alden's add, 5th ave and
Clark, south and east fronts, $40 each
lots Glendale add. south and east fronts,
Hewitt and Mccormick, S525 each
10 S Wheeler's add, north and east fronts,
Elizabeth and Dooley, S2'5 each
LEWIS INVESTMENT Co,
ia Its Room Q POO NAM
Wichita eagle., 1887-03-30

Mr.. Otto Zimmerman OF the bot'hhs
Works who has been confined to his room
for some time is able to be AROUND again.
Mrs. Zimmerman, who has been quite Sich,
also improving.